1st Luger - need help identifying

Doubs · 10-25-2003, 08:02 PM

The five digit serial number in the 74,400 range makes it a pre-WW1 commercial. It's thought that commercial serial numbers ran to approximately 75,000 before the war. Is the holster marked other than the "F-3138"? (Look closely at the back of it.)

The wood bottom mag is correct for the pistol. Is it serial numbered? The blued mag is a later one. It's possible that the pistol was purchased privately by a military man or that the Vet obtained it from a civilian. The tool appears to be marked and the leather lanyard will be of great interest to many on this board. Lanyards are not commonly seen.

At $500 you got a great deal, IMO. Can you take more pictures with closeups of everything?

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10-25-2003, 08:02 PM	#2
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,750 Thanks: 839 Thanked 1,816 Times in 598 Posts	The five digit serial number in the 74,400 range makes it a pre-WW1 commercial. It's thought that commercial serial numbers ran to approximately 75,000 before the war. Is the holster marked other than the "F-3138"? (Look closely at the back of it.) The wood bottom mag is correct for the pistol. Is it serial numbered? The blued mag is a later one. It's possible that the pistol was purchased privately by a military man or that the Vet obtained it from a civilian. The tool appears to be marked and the leather lanyard will be of great interest to many on this board. Lanyards are not commonly seen. At $500 you got a great deal, IMO. Can you take more pictures with closeups of everything?